Dot-filling retainer



DOT FILLING RETAINER Filed March 20. 1929 v2 Sheets-Sheet l 114111 Tunlmrnn f4 i :7 l l El- 2 /I I {/f In/manto@ www,

L. E. MONROE no'r FILLING RETAINER May 20, 1930.

Filed March 2o, 1929 2 sheets-sheet 2 M n W 35 ing been stated other objects will appear as device.V

Patented' May 20,r 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE Application filed March 20, 1929. Serial No. 348,485.

My invention relates to a devicefor holdbearing members for holding thefU-'shaped ing the ends lof a dot fillingy in looms,'and rod in place with the U-shaped rod being more especially for means adapted to autoshown in cross-section; matically move out of the path of the lay of Figure 7 is a perspective view of a fabric the loom when the filling is pressed by the into which the dot filling has been woven, 55 lay of the loom andwhich will automatically and showing the dot filling retainer in opera-V fall into position to engage the ends of a dot tion. l Y i filling at the proper time. Referring more specifically to the draw- An object of my invention is toprovide a ings the numeraly 10 indicatesthe side porf l0 dot filling retainer which is adapted` to be tion of the frame of a loom which v has the 60 lifted out of operation by thedobby lever of ltransversely disposed rod 11 thereon on the harness mechanism of the loomV when the which the lay of the loom is mountedby dot filling is being' woven, and which is means of the upwardly projecting oscillating adapted to assume an operative position when rods 12 and 13, the lay y14 ofthe vloom being 15 the dot filling is being woven, and which is mounted on the upper end of the rods 12 and 65 vadapted to automatically hold the ends of the 13. l e

dot filling and to automatically move out of The side members of the loom are indicated the said dot `filling when thelay of the loom by the reference characters 15 and 16, and pushes the thread into proper position. breast beam of the 'loom is'indicated bythe Heretofore it has been the practice vto proreference character 17. Myk invention is 7.0 vide a cord around which the shuttle of they adapted to be applied to a conventional type loom would pass the dot filling when said of loom which has the templeslS thereon, dot lling is being woven into a fabric.- The these temples being provided with the temresult of this has been that after the fabric ple lip 19. i

is woven the cord must be removed by hand The lay of the loom has theconventional 75 which is a tedious and slow operation, and reeds 2O therein and this lay of the loom is Y by the use of my invention this cord is elimiadapted to strike the temple lip 19 and force nated thus saving'a great amount of labor the temple backwardly asisconventional in in removing the heavy cord which' has hereall types of looms.

tofore been used. This heavycord which Thereference' character 22 indicates the 80. has heretofore been used has been operated support for theharness mechanism of the by the harness mechanism to cause the dot loom which comprises the cords 23 which are lling to pass around said cord. adapted to operate the harness mechanisms Some of the objects of my invention hav- 24 and 25 of the loom and also to operate my the description proceeds when taken in con# The parts thus far described are thereonnection with the accompanying drawings, in ventional parts of the loom and I shall now whichj proceed to describe my invention as applied Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view taken thereto.v f

40 along the line 1 1 in Figure 2; V SecuredA on the breast beam of the loom 90.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a portion of one are the bearing members 26 which support end ofaloom showing my inventioniapplied for'oscillation the U-shaped rod 28 whichA thereto; y has-the downwardly and outwardly project'- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken ingportions 29 and 30. .Secured on this rod along the line 3 3 'in Figure 2; Y v 28 is the crank arm 31 which isadapte'd to Figure 4 is an enlargedy plan view of the pass under'the'layY of the loom and beneath uplpe'r left handy corner ofy Figure V2; thefabric which is being woven, andhasthe igure 5 is an enlargedvdetail view of the wire 32 secured thereto which wireprojects upper left hand corner of Figure 3; upwardly through the warp and is secured 5@ 1igure 6 is a sideelevatiori yof kone of the to the cord 33 which rpasses over the'jroller i 34 and the end ofthis cord issecured to the harness lever of the dobby head, which is not Y shown in the drawingsbut which is the conventional type of dobby head in a loom.l

Secured on'the rear portion of the temple lip 19 is the bearing 35jwhich has rotatably securedfther'ein the rod 36 which rod projects on either sideof this bearingl 35 and theV coiled spring 37 is secured therearound, Vone end of the lcoiled spring being. rigidly secured to the temple lipwand the otl'i'er end ef the coiled spring passing behind a rod 38 which.

VYpiercesthe rod 36 and is rigidly secured therein.V This rodV 38 `projects"downwardlyV andris adapted to press against the portions 2'9 ,er 30 as 'the l'case may be 'of the Vflattened p U-slapedro'd Q8; V'On theV other end V'olf the Y rod 36 there is secured dot filling'retainer 40 by meansof the 'set Screw l1 and bymeans of which/set screw Salif4 let lling retainer messia adjusted'. This am, suing ferai-nef projects-upwardlyfover the temple part of tliejleoin and projects intozthe selvag'e 'portin ofthe fabricwhi'ch is being woven.

Thebperatibn ofi-my device is followsz lVith the lo'oni set *so* as to allow the lever 31r t'taj's'surhe the lower 'pesition as shown in full "lines Figure 3 this will push Ybachivardy the vport-ions 29 andl i301 ofk the U- shaped 'rod 28 andwill allow the dot filling' retainer `40 to assume the position as shown pie-eedare-orwea'vin-g changes fr@ that of pue ti-irg'in ar dot filling f 'a different color, the

` det filling'will be thrownA by the shuttle and the-ends thereof Aprojects above the Vwarp as Y in' Figure 7, and when the `clot filling i is'pressedl home bythe l'azy of the loomthe lay of the loom willstrike the temple lip l9''inddue`tothe rod 38 pressingjagainst the pbrtion'sQQ and 30 of the rod 28 this'will cause the dot-filling retainer to be raised to Y als'Y the dotted line position as shown in Figure 3. After the dotfilling has .beenfpre'ssed home the ly 'ef the loom retrafces its steps'and this Y allows the dot fillingfretainer 40 Vtoiminediy peated as long as the dot filling retainer is being esta ,andas ieag asili@ dei finis-g is being pissed in ihefaiirie; :when the der filling threadfis disconiiniiedrfor a 'porti-0n @if-aime, ai@ abbey lever et the' 100m win .i raise 'the' lever-V l3l upwardly to the dotted 'line pe'sitieiish'own in yFigure 3, and this will raise the 'd-t filling'retaliiier 40 entirely 'o'iit Aofthe *path of thelayof the loom, and

will causeYV the sarneto remain inoperative,

, and willcause' the loom to operateV as if the detlilling retainer was not attached thereto.

Aforth in the appended claims.

While I have described my deviceas be# ing adapted to hold the filling when dotsY are v being formed in the fabric it is evident that it VVcan also be used forholding any desired amount of filling even thoughV the filling lshould extend all the way Vto theedge of theV warp. It is Ievident that whenthe filling adapted to beheld by my device is extended `between the'warp all theV way to the edge thereof, thatithe fillingV retainer will operate iii the ain'el manner will check the ends ofthis filling even though they are woven into warp at the point at V which they are i crossed by the filling retainer.. This ar-v rangement allows dot or other pattern effects to be produced even to the edgeof the fabric,

described and; claimed in theY application canV be used for instance where solid strip is woven all the way across the'fabric as the filling retainer would then operate and cause the filling to Vbe retained eventheligh fthe vandit is evident that this filling 'retainer filling is wcveninto the warp even tothe Y edge of thel fabric. Itis also evident that Y thisffilling retainer could be used continu-v ously for holding the ends oftheV filling 'assit would only be necessary. to 'cause the lever 3l to be held in lowered position at all'tiines; Y

The warp threads ofthe'loem are de'sigg Y nated by the reference character'tZand fillerV threads are indicatedby the referenc'erchar/ acter 43. Y My invention is especially adapted to be used forplacing grounded orflowered or design effects inthe fabric, andY this is" done lby passing the colored threads 44' through certain strips of the I naterial at the same time that the ordinary filler threads' 143 are being placed therein, and these threads 44; are woven intothe points'l, 4G' and 47 of the fabric, and the portion of vsaid colored threads therebetween project above the ground of the fabric, and after thefabric is woven this fabric is passed through'ashearing umachine which vclips Ioff .the loose por# Ations Aof the thread ineludiilg the loped ends and leaves the design in the fabric. Y i In the drawings andk specification I Vhave set'forth a preferred embodimentfof mylin-z-l f vei'ition and although specific terms are. einploy'ed they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation the'scope of the invention beingset wI claim- Y 1.V,In a loom, ateinple, Aa adaptedf'to! move to'and from said temple, lselva-ge re'tain-` ing hooks adapted'to be raised whenV the strikes the temple andto automatically lower Y when the lay leavesthe temple and 'connec-VVV tions between said yselvag'e retainingV hooks and the harness mechanism of the loom where- 1. l -by the selvage retaininghoolrs may ren# dered in'operativeat a. predetermined time` y 2., Ina filling retainer for a loom, temples on said-loom,'a pivoted member ass'oe'r'ated` i isa with each of the temples of the loom and being adapted to be operated by the lay of the loom striking said temples to engage the filling in a fabric, and means associated with` engage the filling at predetermined times.

3. In a dot filling retainer for a loom, temples on said loom, rotatable members mountedv on each of the temple lips of the loom, a crank arm mounted on each of said rotatable members, and projecting downwardly, a flattened U-shaped membermounted transversely on the framework of the loom and having its ends projecting into the path of the crank arms, a lever fiXedly secured to said flattened U- shaped member, the free end of the lever being connected to the harness mechanism of the loom, a filling retainer associated with each of said rotatable members, said filling retainers being adaptedto be moved upwardly by the striking of the temple lips by the lay of the loom and the pressing of the crank arms against the fiattened U-jshaped member, and being adapted to be moved downwardly when the lay leaves'the temple lip.

4. In aiilling retainer fora loom, temples on said loom, pivoted hooks mounted on each temple of the loom, a flattened U-shaped member associated with the framework of the loom, each of said pivoted hooks having associated therewith a downwardly projecting crank arm bearing-against said U-shaped memb-er, a lever mounted on said U-shaped member and being connected tothe harness mechanism ofthe loom, said pivoted hooks being adapted to be raised out of the fabric when the lay ofthe loom strikes the temple lips and the downwardly projecting arms strike the U- shaped member, and being adapted to move downwardly tol retain the filling when the lay of the loom moves away from the temple lips.

5. In a filling retainer for a loom, temples on said loom, a bearing secured to each of the temple lips, shafts rotatably mounted in each of said bearings, a hook mounted inone end of each of said shafts, a 'crank arm mounted in the other end of each of said shafts, said crank arms projecting downwardly, a coiled spring secured around each of the said shafts and y having one end thereof secured to the temple filling -at predetermined intervals,.said filling tive engagement with said filling by the lowering of said lever, and being adapted to be raised upwardly to allow the filling thread to go therebeneath by the striking of the lay of the loom against the temple lip.

'hooks being adapted to be thrown into operal6.1In a filling retainer for looms, pivoted hooks mounted at each side of the loom, said hooks being adapted to be raised by the action ofthe lay of the loom in one direction, and being adapted to be lowered by action of the 'lay of the loom in an opposite direction, and

means associated with said hooks and being f connected to the harness mechanismof the loom to raise the said hooks out of operative engagement with the filling at predetermined against said movable member, said hooks be-Y ing adapted to be raised when the lay strikes the temple lip and the downwardly projecting members press against said movable member, and being adapted to automatically lower rthemselves when the lay moves away from the temple lip. Y Y

8. A loom comprising a temple, a lay movable toward and from the temple, a selvage loop retaining finger pivotally mounted on the temple lip, and being movable upwardly with relation to the selvage by the striking of the lay against the temple lip, a downwardly projecting arm associated with said hook, a flattened U-shaped member mounted in the loom and being adapted to normally press against the downwardly projecting arm, a lever fiXedly mounted on said rock shaft, connections between said lever and the harness ymechanism of the loom whereby the rock shaft may be moved to cause the selvage retaining fingers to be raised kout of operative position at predetermined times.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LAWLESS E. MONROE.

tened U-shaped member pivotallymounted transversely inthe framework of the loom,

, and having its ends adapted to press against 

